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Friends of IfA Activities

Friends are invited to attend lectures and special events at both the Manoa and Hilo campuses. Members receive invitations to receptions and other members-only activities in connection with many of these events.

Upcoming Events

The IfA Special Events calendar lists upcoming events to which the public is invited, including events on Maui and the Big Island. If you would like to receive e-mail notices of these events, please send an e-mail to ifaevents@ifa.hawaii.edu.

August Events

August 9: Mauna Kea Observatories visit for Donor and Sponsor level Friends only.
August 12 : SETI lecture by Dr. Gareth Wynn-Williams in the IfA auditorium. This is a joint Mensa/Friends event for members only. Join us at 6:30 for pizza and soft drinks, and at 7:30 for the lecture.

September Event

September 6: Haleakala Summer Workshop for members only. Further information will be posted here when plans are finalized.

Schedule of Annual Friends Events

The Friends group plans the following yearly events, which are subject to change or cancellation. Details will be posted on this page as events are planned. You will also receive information via mail or e-mail.

Month	Event	Member Level
January	Laboratory Tour	All Friends
February	Lunch with the IfA Director Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture	Sponsor and higher Public
March	Star Party at Kapiolani Park	All Friends
April	Open House	Public
May	Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture	Public
June	Guided Tour of Honolulu or Hilo or Maui Facilities	Contributor and higher
July	Star Party on North Shore	All Friends
August	Annual Observatories Summer Workshop Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture	All Friends Public
September	Guided Tour of Mauna Kea or Haleakala	Sponsor and higher
October	Meet the Grads Night	Public
November	Remote Observing Time on Faulkes Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture	All Friends Public
December	Christmas Party with IRTF and IfA	Associate and higher

Observatory Tours and Workshops

Every summer the Friends plan a tour of either the Mauna Kea Observatories and UH IfA Hilo facilities or the Haleakala Observatories. The purpose of the tours is to learn how astronomers do their research. Information will be posted here when you can sign up for the tours. The workshops and tours are free, but members pay their own travel expenses.

You can download presentations from the August 2007 MKO Summer Workshop. Topics include telescopes, astronomy instruments, CCDs, and astrophysics.

Lectures and Special Events

The IfA Special Events calendar shows a complete listing of upcoming lectures and other special events. (You can also check the Earlier Events section to see what you have been missing.)

Colloquia

The IfA Colloquia calendar shows a complete listing of lectures by UH and visiting astronomers.

Most lectures take place in the IfA auditorium at 3:30 p.m. Light refreshments are served at 3:15.
A few lectures take place at 12:30 p.m. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Photo Gallery

Ion Microprobe

Friends members toured the Cosmochemistry Laboratory's Ion Microprobe, a specialized, highly sensitive mass spectrometer to analyze meteorites, samples returned from space missions, and other such compounds.

Ion Microprobe Computers

Ion Microprobe analyses tell scientists about the environment in which the compound was made, giving clues about the conditions in the early Solar System.

Telescope Workshop with Klaus Hodapp

The MKO Summer Workshop included an explanation of telescopes by Klaus Hodapp.

Mauna Kea Shadow

Mauna Kea casts a shadow onto clouds. The MKO Tour participants enjoyed spectacular views.

Gemini Dome

The MKO Summer Workshop and Tour included a visit to Gemini Observatory.

Subaru Observatory

Summer workshop participants learned about the Subaru camera.